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Paper: Dust Continuum Observations of Massive Star Forming Regions
Volume: 267, Hot Star Workshop III: the Earliest Stages of Massive Star Birth
Page: 395
Authors: Mueller, K. E.; Shirley, Y. L.; Evans, N. J., II; Jacobson, H. R.
Abstract: We have observed 51 high-mass star-forming cores associated with water masers at 350 micron. The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and dust continuum normalized radial intensity profiles were modeled for 28 sources using a one-dimensional dust radiative transfer code assuming a power law density distribution in the envelope n = n0 (r/r0)-p. The best fit density power law exponent, p, ranged from 1.0 to 2.5 with a mean value of p = 1.72. We determined the dust masses for the modeled cores and found a mean mass of 209 Msun.
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